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Driven by the vital energy that he has always displayed and a balance between work and pleasure, a cigar, a good meal, a loaf of bread and a lagavulin, Miguel ngel Jimnez continues to lift trophies at 61 years of age. On the night of the Three Kings, 'El Pisha won the famous dagger of the Hassan II Tournament in Rabat (Morocco), the event that was previously part of the European Tour and is now part of the Champions Tour, the main circuit in the world for over 50s, which is supported by the PGA Tour.
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Jimnez's victory came with a masterstroke, after getting an eagle on the 17th hole and distancing Steve Alker by two strokes, with whom he had tied. On that short par 4, he reached the green in one stroke and converted the '2', while the New Zealander did not go beyond par. The $400,000 check allows him to surpass $15 million on this circuit and is the sixth highest earner in history.
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Third was Ernie Els, winner of four majors and with whom 'El Pisha' equalled second place in 2000 at Pebble Beach, only beaten by the best version of Tiger Woods. It is the fourteenth victory of the Malaga native in this Tour, which equals two legends like Tom Watson and Fred Couples and he is the fourth active player with the most victories after Bernhard Langer, (47), Jay Haas (18) and Steve Stricker (18)
"And I'm not going to stop," warned Jimenez, full of joy after having won after two years without victories and for the first time in the 60s. "It was a tense day, but it's a wonderful feeling. The truth is that the shot on the 17th was really good. I wasn't driving very well, but on the 16th I hit a really good one and it gave me confidence," he said before leaving the image with the dagger and the smoke coming out of his mouth for the photographers.
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The first documents attesting to the existence of rules of golf date back to March 1744. The rules were produced for a competition to be held at a Scottish golf club, and contained 13 points in total.[3] Initially, writing the rules was the responsibility of each individual club and so they varied depending on where the game was played.
